142; Draw the curtain of night upon in- juries (Browne), 302; Forgiveness - the hardest lesson to man (Penn), 334; We forgive too little forget too much (Swetchine), 438. Fortitude: If thou findest anything better than fortitude, &c., turn to it. . . . It is a shame for the soul to give way when the body does not (Marcus Aurelius), 158, 159, 160; Suffering with fortitude the accidents of life a primary principle of wisdom (Welsh Triad), 171; Clearness of judgment leadeth us to fortitude. If custom be strong to confirm one virtue more than another it is fortitude (Essex- Bacon), 273; May prudence, fortitude, and truth erect your brow (Burns), 423; Fortitude, that last virtue which crowns the others (Lacordaire), 453. See, also, Patience, Courage.
Fortune: What man calls fortune is from God (Pythagoras), 87; Things necessary to acquisition of fortune as difficult as those for obtaining virtue. . . . No man's fortune can be an end worthy of the gift of being (Bacon), 265-266; Leave off the game with fortune while in luck (Gra- cian), 284; Let not fortune, which hath no name in scripture, have any in thy divinity (Browne), 304; A noble spirit disdaineth the malice of fortune (Ches- terfield), 363. See, also, Lot in life, Pros- perity.
Franklin, Benjamin. Plan for acquiring habits of virtue, 376. Fraud. See Honesty.
Friendship: Make no friendship with a
man that is given to anger (Proverbs), 55; Have for friends the best of men (Dhammapada), 82; Choose out the man to virtue best inclined. . . . Esteem those eminently friends who assist your soul (Pythagoras), 86, 91; If thy friend be sick, go on foot and see him (Ahikar), 104; If thou wouldst get a friend, prove him first. . . . A faithful friend is the medicine of life.... Change not a friend for any good. . . . Forsake not an old friend; the new is not comparable... A friend cannot be known in prosperity. . . . Admonish a friend; it may be he hath not done it (Ecclesiasticus), 117, 118, 119, 120, 122; I had rather lose my money than my friend (Erasmus), 212; Nothing more becoming any wise man than to make choice of friends (Raleigh),
254; The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul (Shakespeare), 281; Live with those from whom you can learn. . . . Make teachers of your friends. ... Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice (Gracian), 285, 286; Enter no serious friendship with the ingrateful man, the multiloquious man, the coward (Quarles), 289; There is more skill neces- sary to keep a friend than to reclaim an enemy. . . . Do not lay out your friend- ship too lavishly at first (Halifax), 315, 318, 319; Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death (Penn), 327; No blessing of life is comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend (Addison), 354; A friend should bear with a friend's infirmities -not his vices (Stanislaus), 358; In friendships and enmities, let your confidence and your hostilities have bounds (Chesterfield), 361; Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried. . . . True friend- ship is a plant of slow growth (Washing- ton) 399; Our chief want in life is some- body who shall make us do what we can (Emerson), 458. See, also, Companions. Frivolity. See Earnestness.
Frugality. See Expenditure. "Fruits of Solitude," selections from Penn's, 326. Fuller, Thomas.
Gambling: Despise gambling. . . . If [a man] gaineth, he weaveth spider's webs (Maimonides), 169; Use not dicing nor carding (Ascham), 220; Be neither gam- bler nor thief. . . . One is the occasion of the other (Mexican precept), 224; Re- frain from dicing (Lyly), 261; Gambling is a vice productive of every possible evil (Washington), 399; Stake in no lot- teries (Richter), 427.
Generosity. See Magnanimity, Charity (of the Spirit), Benevolence, Giving. Geniality. See Good nature, Anger. Gentlemanliness. See Courtesy, Manners. Gentleness: A soft answer turneth away wrath (Proverbs), 54; Do not speak harshly to anybody (Dhammapada), 83; Be gentle in works and words (Ahikar), 104; Be gentle and mild to foes (Seneca), 142; He that speaks hastily is like a
that hath pity upon the poor lendeth to the Lord (Proverbs), 52, 55; Cast thy bread on the waters.... Give a portion to seven (Ecclesiastes), 61; See that he to whom thou givest worthy be. ... Talk not of thy gifts. . . . The merit of thy alms melts away by ostentation.
Bestowing gifts on strangers while kindred starve. . . is cruelty disguised (Manu), 66, 69; Give to the giver, but the churl pass by. Men fill the giving, not the ungiving hand. . . . Though much he give, the willing donor shall rejoice and live (Hesiod), 74; To bestow alms; ... to give help to kindred, the greatest blessing (Buddha), 80; Give, if thou art asked for little. . . . Overcome the greedy by liberality (Dhammapada), 84; Conquer a man who never gives by gifts.. He who is not rich and yet can give will be exalted (Maha-bharata), 95, 96; To give to the right person, at the right time, &c. not easy (Aristotle), 110; Turn not away from the needy. Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.... Lose thy money for thy brother and friend (Ecclesiasticus), 115, 120, 123; When thou doest alms sound not a trumpet (Jesus), 133; I have no possessions so real as those I have given to deserving people (Seneca), 141; Have compassion upon the needy. . . . Take care that their faces be not put to the blush on account of your gifts (Maimo- nides), 168; Give to the poor whenever you have money. . . . Be liberal in gifts (Mediæval precept), 178, 179; Those that give with judgment find a delight (Essex-Bacon), 273, 275; Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous (Browne), 300; Giving what you do not want nor value neither brings nor de- serves thanks (Stanislaus), 358; Not every one who asketh deserveth charity; all, however, are worthy of the inquiry (Washington), 399; How can that gift leave a trace which has left no void (Swetchine), 437; Choose some poor per- son and relieve him regularly (Lacor-
daire), 453. See, also, Avarice, Benevo- lence.
Glory. See Fame.
Gluttony. See Temperance.
God. See Religious injunctions.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Selections from "Maxims and Reflections," 28, 29, 413.
Golden Rule, the: In the Maha-bharata (twice formulated), 8, 97; In Confucian Analects, 10, 101; In the sayings of Ahikar, 105; In the Sermon on the Mount, 17, 135.
"Golden Verses of Pythagoras," 86. Good.
Desirable. -The Best: Esteem that eminently good which is increased to yourself when communicated to an- other (Pythagoras), 91; What is honor- able alone is good (Cicero), 127, 128; The highest good is a mind which despises the accidents of fortune and takes pleasure in virtue (Seneca), 138; Let whatever appears best be an inviolable law (Epicte- tus), 153; Happy is he ... who never understood. . . nor rules of state, but rules of good (Wotton), 282; He fixes good on good alone (Wordsworth), 430. See, also, Happiness.
Good name, A. See Reputation. Good nature. Geniality. Benignity. - Moroseness. Sullenness : Pleasant words are as an honeycomb (Proverbs), 54; The superior man is anxious that his countenance be benign (Confucius), 102; A merry heart maketh a cheer- ful countenance (Ecclesiasticus), 120; Smooth your way to the head thro' the heart. . . . The most useful art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire (Chesterfield), 361; Resolved to exhibit an air of love, cheerfulness and benig nity. When most conscious of pro- vocation, to strive most to feel good- naturedly (Edwards), 372, 374; Good humor one of the preservatives of peace and tranquillity (Jefferson), 407. Goodness: It is hard to be good (Aristotle), 110; Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit (Jesus), 136; No longer talk about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such (Marcus Aure- lius), 161; Reject death and evil; choose life and good; the option is given you (Maimonides), 165; Resolutions to strive for all qualities of goodness (Edwards), 366-374; Perfection is the measure of
heaven; the wish to be perfect the mea- sure of man (Goethe), 416; Desire no more intellect than is requisite for per- fect goodness (Swetchine), 437. See, also, Virtue, Righteousness. Gossip. Talebearing. Scandal: Do not repeat extravagances of language (Ptah- hotep), 37; Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer (Leviticus), 45; He that goeth about as a talebearer (Pro- verbs), 52; If thou hearest an evil word about any one hide it (Ahikar), 104; Be not called a whisperer. . . . If thou hast heard a word let it die with thee (Eccle- siasticus), 116, 121; Utter no ill-timed gossip (Spirit of Wisdom), 164; Of ab- sent persons I either say nothing or speak with kindness (Erasmus), 212; Carry no tales (Ascham), 219; If thou keepest clear of carrying tales and repeat- ing jests thou wilt keep clear of lying and of sowing discord (Mexican precept), 223, 224. See, also, Scandal, Speech. Gracian, Balthasar, selections from the maxims of, 284.
Gratitude. - Ingratitude.
Habit. Use. - Practice: By virtuous use thy life and manners frame (Pythagoras), 89; For a test of the formation of habits take the pleasure or pain which succeeds the acts (Aristotle), 109; Accustom your- self to good morals, for the nature of man dependeth upon habit (Maimonides), 165; When there is a custom gotten of avoiding to do evil, then cometh a gentle courage (Wyatt), 236; Make such a habit of well- doing that you shall not know how to do evil (Sidney), 247; Where virtues are but budding they must be ripened by clearness of judgment and custom of well-doing (Essex-Bacon), 272, 273; Good methods and habits obtained in youth will make you happy the rest of your days (Penn), 332; Plan for acquiring
habits of virtue (Franklin), 376; Impor- tance of the habits acquired in the acqui- sition of knowledge (Washington), 400. Halifax, Lord. Selections from Moral Thoughts and "Advice to a Daughter," 314, 316.
Happiness: Contentment is the root of happiness... Wouldst thou be happy, be thou moderate (Manu), 67; Happiness is the outcome of good. ... Let us live happily, though we call nothing our own (Dhammapada), 83; Seek happiness in deeds of virtue and usefulness (Maha- bharata), 96; Tranquillity renders life happy. The wise man is always happy. A happy life is comprised in honesty alone. . . . Happiness com- pounded of good things which alone are honorable (Cicero), 127, 128; Rules for a happy life (Seneca), 138; The happy life described by Martial, 143-147; If thou workest at that which is before thee, expecting nothing, fearing no- thing, ... thou wilt live happy. Enjoy life by joining one good thing to another, not to leave the smallest inter- val between (Marcus Aurelius), 159, 161, 162; The happy life described (Wotton), 282; Happiness lies in the taste, and not in things. . . . We are never so happy or unhappy as we imagine (La Roche- foucauld), 310; The great and constant pleasures of life, not to be crossed if one faithfully seeks happiness, are in health, reputation, knowledge, doing good, and the expectation of another world (Locke), 321-323; If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition (Penn), 328; Never was a wise man wholly unhappy (Chesterfield), 363; The happy man de- scribed (Cowper), 394; The happiest man is he who can link the end of his life with its commencement. . . . The happiest is he whose nature asks for nothing that the world does not wish and use (Goethe), 415, 416; Character of the happy warrior (Wordsworth), 429; Is not life sufficiently happy when it is useful (Swetchine), 437; What a man has in himself is the chief element in his happiness. . The two foes of happiness are pain and boredom. . . . The man whom nature has endowed with intellectual wealth is the happiest (Scho- penhauer), 441, 443; There is in man a higher than love of happiness: he can do
without happiness, and instead find blessedness (Carlyle), 448. See, also, Good, Contentment, Pleasure, Life. Harlotry. See Chastity.
Hatred Thou shalt not hate thy brother (Leviticus), 45; He that hideth hatred is of lying lips. . . . Better a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred (Proverbs), 52, 54; Let us dwell free from hatred (Dhammapada), 83; Hate as if sometime to love (Bias), 269; Hatred attends upon fear (Pythagoras), 92; Have hatred and contempt for no one (Mexican precept), 227; Dislike what deserves it, but never hate (Penn), 329; Chiefly, hate no man (Goethe), 416; Hatred may be praiseworthy if provoked by a lively love of good (Joubert), 418. Haughtiness. See Pride.
Health. See Bodily care. Helpfulness. See Benevolence. Hesiod, Selections from
Days," 11, 71. Hoarding. See Avarice. Honesty. Integrity.
Uprightness. Dishonesty. -Fraud: A just weight is the Lord's delight. . . . Divers weights and measures aro an abomination to the Lord. It is naught, caith the buyer (Proverbs), 52, 55; Pay that which thou vowest (Ecclesiastes), 58; Ne'er give thy mind to aught but honest gain. . . . Honesty included in the tenfold summary of duty (Manu), 70; He that shall heaps of gold command [by fraud or rapacity], him shall the gods cast down. man of sin is he confess'd ... who robs the orphans (Hesiod), 73; When the superior man sees gain to be got, he thinks of righteousness (Confucius), 102; Eat not bread that is not thine own. . . . Take not with a big weight and give with a little (Ahikar), 104; Defraud not the poor.... Let not thy hand be stretched to receive and shut when thou shouldst repay.... Be not ashamed of exactness of balance and weights (Ecclesiasticus), 114, 116, 125; Plunder not from the wealth of others (Spirit of Wisdom), 104; Keep firm to your word.
dain all cunning subterfuges.
far from doubtful possessions (Maimoni- des), 167; The sure foundations and stab- lished opinions that leadeth to honesty.
If you will seem honest, be honest (Wyatt), 230, 235; Resolve that no man
is wise or safe but he that is honest (Ra- leigh), 258; Let not the law be the non ultra of thy honesty (Browne), 301; There is more wit requisite to be an hon- est man than to be a knave (Halifax), 314; A man of integrity is a true man, a bold man, and a steady man (Penn), 339; Have courage to show preference for honesty (Stanislaus), 358; All rests at last on that integrity which dwarfs tal- ent, and can spare it (Emerson), 460. See, also, Righteousness, Sincerity, Fi- delity, Falsehood, Theft, Extortion. Honor. Respect. -Deference. - Vener- ation: To honor those worthy of honor is the greatest blessing (Buddha), 79; Due rites perform and honors to the dead (Pythagoras), 86. Honorable: What is honorable is the only good (Cicero), 127, 128; Be an honorable opponent (Gracian), 286; Where ye feel your honor grip, let that ay be your border (Burns), 422; Fame is something which must be won; honor, only some- thing which must not be lost (Schopen- hauer), 442.
Honors, worldly: Shrink from worldly honor as from poison (Manu), 67; There is no nobility like that of morality (Mai- monides), 168; Let ambition have but an epicycle or narrow circuit in thee (Browne), 303; The pomp, honor, and luxury of the world are cheats (Penn), 332; The happy man o'erlooks the world (Cowper), 394; Does not stoop nor lie in wait for wealth or honors, &c. (Words- worth), 430. See, also, Fame. Hope: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick (Proverbs), 53; Hope serves at least to conduct us thro' life by an agreeable path (La Rochefoucauld), 311; Hope is generally a wrong guide, though very good company (Halifax), 315; Hope not beyond reason (Penn), 328. Hospitality: Be courteous to thy guest (Manu), 69; The man of sin is he con- fess'd. who wrongs the guest. Bid to thy feast a friend; thy foe for- bear (Hesiod), 73, 74; Let thy hospitality be moderate; rather plentiful than sparing, but not costly (Burleigh), 240, 242; Hospitality is good, if the poorer sort are the subjects (Penn), 326. Humility. - Lowliness. Meekness: The Lord giveth grace unto the lowly.. With the lowly is wisdom (Proverbs),
50, 52; Reverence and lowliness, the greatest blessing (Buddha), 80; If thy doorposts be loftily built, bow thy head (Ahikar), 104; The greater thou art, the more humble thyself (Ecclesiasti- cus), 114; Blessed are the poor în spirit.
Blessed are the meek (Jesus), 130; Meekness and humility are the steps of the ladder to virtue (Maimonides), 169; Humility and courtesy overcometh all proud hearts (La Tour), 189; Live a humble life. . . . Ever keep meekness (Wyclif), 196, 198; Humility merits the favor of God (Mexican precept), 223, 225; Owe not thy humility unto humiliation by adversity. . . . Look humbly upon thy virtues (Browne), 302; Humility is the true proof of Christian virtues (La Rochefoucauld), 312; Be humble, but not servile. . . . Meekness seems to be humility perfectly digested, and from a virtue become a nature (Penn), 327, 337; Imitate Jesus Christ and Socrates (Franklin), 378; We have two great vir- tues to acquire, humility and penance (Lacordaire), 453. See, also, Pride. Husband. See Marriage. Hypocrisy; He who pretends to be what
he is not commits the worst of crimes (Manu), 69; No dissimulation can be long concealed (Pythagoras), 92; Hypo- crisy is the homage which vice renders to virtue (La Rochefoucauld), 311. See, also, Sincerity, Earnestness, Falsehood.
made fat.... A man diligent in busi- ness shall stand before kings (Proverbs), 51, 53, 56; Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. . . . In the morning sow thy seed (Ecclesiastes), 61, 62; Perform thy own appointed work unweariedly... ... Thou canst not gather what thou dost not sow (Manu), 67, 68; On the sluggard hungry want attends.
Love every seemly toil (Hesiod), 73; To follow a peaceful calling, the greatest blessing (Buddha), 80; Rouse thyself! do not be idle (Dhammapada), 83; True goods never produced by indo- lent habits (Pythagoras), 91; Be active now, while thou art young (Maha-bha- rata), 97; Labor diligently at your proper callings (Confucius), 101; Hate not la- borious work (Ecclesiasticus), 118; Sub- mit to labors, however great (Seneca), 141; Labor not unwillingly (Marcus Au- relius), 158; Eat of thine own regular industry; form a portion for God and the good (Spirit of Wisdom), 164; Ab- hor indolence (Maimonides), 168; Three things corrupt the world: pride, super- fluity, and indolence (Welsh Triad), 172; Truly and willingly do thy labor (Wy- clif), 197; Be neither idle in solitude nor a babbler in public (Thomas à Kempis), 204; Beware chiefly of idleness, the great pathway to all evils (Ascham), 220; Be not a lounger on the pavement.... Sow and thou shalt reap. . . . We live not in this world without much labor (Mexican precept), 223, 224, 226; If thou dost not want labor for food thou may- est for physic. Diligence is a dis- creet and understanding application of one's self to business (Penn), 326, 339; Be always employed in something use- ful (Edwards), 378, 379, 384; With dili- gence there is nothing you may not conquer (Chatham), 387; Spend a fair share of every day upon the serious occupations of your state (Lacordaire), 453; I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary. My head is hands and feet (Thoreau), 465. See, also, Thrift, Doing, Occupation. Ingratitude. See Gratitude. Iniquity. See Wickedness. Inquisitiveness. See Questioning. Instruction. See Education, Teachable-
The soul of the diligent shall be Integrity. See Honesty.
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